Evolution and natural selection

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Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals? Options: Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Charles Barkley, Isaac Newton

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Charles Darwin

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The gradual change in species over time is...

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Evolution

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

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increase in number

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Term for the process by which individuals better suited to the environment survive and reproduce, passing down their genes.

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Natural Selection

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The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________

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Adaptation

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

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Variation

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What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

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To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

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The struggle for existence against other members of an organism's species is

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Competition

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A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations is called a(an):

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scientific theory

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What is another name for natural selection?

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survival of the fittest